DA welcomes early launch of Gauteng online registration process
16 April 2018
The DA welcomes the Gauteng Department of Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi’s decision to open the online application process today to avoid the late placement of learners in schools in the province, following this year’s disastrous experience where approximately 58 000 grades 1 and 8 learners were not secured school placement timeously even though they applied online.
The early opening of the online registration process is a positive move as it will alleviate pressure from parents of queuing at the application centres at the eleventh hour.
It will give schools ample opportunity to plan and allocate the required resources.
The Department must strike a balance between schools facing high enrolment demand and those schools which are standing empty.